Stop ‘Victimising’ Saraki, Prioritise Regional Unity, Islamic Cleric Tells Kwara Governor

An Islamic cleric and national leader of Council of Quranic Reciters of Nigeria, Sheikh Gwani Yusuf Hamza Yusuf (Abu Abdulmajid), has called on Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to end what he called the “persistent victimisation and harassment” of former Senate President Bukola Saraki and his allies.

Speaking through a press statement in Abuja on Saturday, the cleric said the political feud in Kwara State has become a distraction while the North grapples with economic and security challenges.

Gwani Yusuf said actions by state authorities, including a recent decision to arraign Saraki and associates before the Kwara State High Court over the 2018 Offa Robbery incident on June 4, amounted to political witch-hunts.

“What we are witnessing in Kwara today is not accountability; it is victimisation and harassment of a prominent northern son,” he said. “The governor must rise above personal politics and govern for all Kwarans because everything in life is a matter time.”

The Islamic cleric noted that the ongoing political rift in Kwara State was hurting the North’s collective interests ahead of 2027 elections.

“The North cannot afford to be seen cannibalising its own leaders while we ask other regions to respect our political strength. Unity is not a slogan; it is strategy,” Sheikh Gwani Yusuf said. “We all need to build bridges, not burn them in the interest of one united and prosperous Northern Nigeria.”